The overdrift method in smock mills may be seen at Punnetts Town, and the underdrift at Shipley.
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Underdrift
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In an overdrift mill this gear is mounted on the quant, in an underdrift mill on the stone spindle.
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For cleanliness, experienced millers prefer an 'overdrift' mill (as, indeed windmills should be, for lightness and efficiency of driving gears), because underdrift gearing becomes very dirty and clogged with a compound of meal dust and grease, besides being generally inaccessible for repairs and adjustments.
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Now, Lydia, looking two ways, seemed to see double, but even she did not discover the subtle underdrift which gave this poem a distinct meaning for two persons.
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